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You might be wondering how solar panels hold up in snow. They do an amazing job (I think) at warming up and letting that snow slide right off. One thing I didn't really expect was how shocking the avalanches are!
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Imagine the neighbors, "He's Vlogging on the roof again!"
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I’ve lived off grid for 25 years. The snow doesn’t come off my 45 degree modules because the temperatures in my neck of the woods never gets high enough to melt. I use a push broom on a extending pole to sweep them off. When you’re grid tied, a loss of production is no big deal. Off grid is a different game.
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This panel can put out close to 100 watts youtube.com/post/UgkxOqI2yqX0XVrhR2BMJciTWrHJpG8Fh… when positioned in the appropriate southernly direction, tilted to the optimal angle for your latitude/date, and connected to a higher capacity device than a 500. The built in kickstand angle is a fixed at 50 degrees. Up to 20% more power can be output by selecting the actual date and latitude optimal angle.The 500 will only input 3.5A maximum at 18 volts for 63 watts. Some of the excess power from the panel can be fed into a USB battery bank, charged directly from the panel while also charging a 500. This will allow you to harvest as much as 63 + 15 = 78 watts.If this panel is used to charge a larger device, such as the power station, then its full output potential can be realized.
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On metal roof installations, they have snow breaker /shredder tabs to break up snow avalanches. Also I have seen Upside down V wooden structures placed over Air Conditioning units on the ground to keep them from being pummeled by snow avalanches. You might want a similar upside down V roof over your entrances to limit liability of postal and delivery services and visitors from being nailed by an avalanche, both human and car entrances for attached garages and also park cars away from known snow landing zones.
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Another benefit of snow on your panels, is the cleaning effect. When the snow slides off, it cleans the panels!
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I use a winterizing grid on the panels at my lake house. They are powered by the panels themselves but only make just enough warmth to make snow melt once it lands.
Uses VERY little power and only kicks on and off every few minutes. It's what the huge solar farms use in colder climates and why many arctic shelters can use solar.
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Great video 👍. Be careful one day you'll be taking out the garbage then avalanche take you out. ❄️
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These are the types of videos that should be made about solar
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Thank you for clearing this up!
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Such a well produced and edited video about snow melting off of solar panels!
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Really enjoyed this video, thank you. Answered the question in the title perfectly and then some (thermal imaging was a nice touch). I'm noticing you do a great job of this in your videos
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Thanks, Frugal Repair 🕊 I’ve enjoyed your solar panel content, it’s awesome the panels work with snow on them ❄️
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actually, when go more towards north, the roofs are more inclined and the snow falls off quicker. this is the reason for the inclination, save the roof from to much weight.
and we need to say that solar panel are actually more efficient when the weather is cold.
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Hi. We live in NS, Canada and solar panels can break! We have one roof lower than the top roof with approximately an 8 foot drop. The snow from the top roof fell off to the bottom roof and one of the solar panel had many small cracks in it and was not working anymore. We recommend that you ask your solar panel company about snow guards for these situations or don't put solar panels on a lower roof where snow and ice can fall from a higher roof. Also, great idea to have a shelter for heat pumps/stairs as this snow/ice could cause injury or damage. Thanks for the video!
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I live in South Africa where snow is almost none existant. But what experts found is that the color of your roof for the types of climate you live in helps a lot. They say that in colder snowy conditions ensure the roof is a dark colour (ideally black) to absorb heat because most homes won't fill their roof with panels. Yet the build up of snow could still be there sitting on the roof causing a potential collapse. Back in South Africa we are encouraged to go for metal roofing systems which is smoother and to have it painted a lighter colour (ideally white) to reflect the heat and allow the solar panels to do the rest.
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I live in middle of nowhere Maine, and I want solar panels. This is just the push I need! Thanks for the video
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My father has a large array on his roof, and has zero concerns about snow as well. He does live in Durban, South Africa though.
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fantastic video!!! Definitely helped ease some of my worries about solar during the winter!!!
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Wonderful video! I self installed solar back in December 1999. Got Time-of-use from the power company, which gives me the lower priced when it is dark anyway. Batteries are the only problem I have had; put in $2500 2 years ago with LiFePO4 (lithium) for 4,000 watts storage and might last 10 years, a lot longer than normal batteries. My lights and computer never go down from a power outage since 1999. :)
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